Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Apr 8 Spanish painter (The Three Dancers, Guernica) and sculptor who co-founded the Cubist movement, dies at 91
- Apr 11 (Edward) "Ted" de Corsia, American actor (The Naked City; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), dies at 69
- Apr 13 A. A. M. Stols, Dutch publisher (Schoone Book), dies at 73
- Apr 13 Balraj Sahni [Yudhishthir], Indian Bollywood actor (Dharti Ke Lal), dies of cardiac arrest at 59
- Apr 14 Magda Janssens, Flemish actress (Nederlands in 7 Lessons), dies at 88
- Apr 14 Minna Gombell, American actress dies at 80
- Apr 16 István Kertész, Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor, dies at 43
- Apr 20 Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (co-author of The Threepenny Opera), dies at 75
- Apr 20 Hans Kelsen, Austrian legal philosopher and political philosopher, dies at 91
- Apr 20 Robert Armstrong, American actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong), dies at 82
- Apr 21 Arthur Fadden, 13th Prime Minister of Australia, dies at 79
Merian C. Cooper (1893-1973)
Apr 21 American film director and producer (King Kong) and aviator (Kościuszko Squadron, Director-Pan American Airways), dies of cancer at 79
- Apr 21 Ursula Jeans, British actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon, I Lived With You), dies of cancer at 66
- Apr 23 Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85
- Apr 26 Irene Ryan [Noblitt], American actress (Beverly Hillbillies - "Granny"; Pippin), dies of an inoperable brain tumor at 70
- Apr 27 Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine auto racer (11 x F1 GP) and horse trainer, polo player, dies from diabetes and Parkinson's disease at 57
- Apr 27 Jim Sims, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Middlesex), dies at 69
Clas Thunberg (1893-1973)
Apr 28 Finnish speed skater (Olympic gold 1500m, 5000m, allround 1924; 500m, 1500m 1928), dies at 80
- Apr 28 Jacques Maritain, French Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas), dies at 90
- Apr 28 Pat Henning, American actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 64
- Apr 29 Manfred Gurlitt, German composer, dies at 82
- Apr 30 Josie Sedgwick, American actress (The Best Man, Queen of the Round-Up), dies of stroke at 75
- Apr 30 Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator, dies at 61
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